Sewing-machine cabinet or casing



Patented June 8, 1920 kill Y ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT EDWARD LEE,-OF YOKER, SCOTLAND, AND EDMUND GEORGE MILSTED, OFEPSOM, ENGLAND, ASSIGNORS TO THE SINGER, MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OFELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

SEWING-MACHINE CABINET OR CASING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1920.

Application filed March 13, 1920. Serial No. 365,448.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALBERT EDWARD Lnn and EDMUND GEORGE MILsTnD,subjects of the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,and residing at Yoker, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, and Epsom, Surrey,England, respectively have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Sewing- Machine Cabinets or Casings, of which the following is aspecification.

The subject of this invention is a sewing machine cabinet or casingserving as a cover for the machine when the machine is out of use and asa stand or support when the machine is in use.

A preferred embodiment of the invention comprises-a portable box-likestructure or casing, to one of the side walls of which may be fitted anexternal handle.

Two adjoining side walls, of which, when the sewing machine is in use,one forms the front wall of the casing, are each formed of sections orleaves, each of said side walls including a section rigidly fixed to theremaining walls. Hinged to the fixed sections of one of the saidadjoining side walls so as to be foldable outwardly is the complementalsection of that side wall, rigidly connected with which in perpendicularrelation is one section of the adjoining side wall to the edge of whichrigidly connected section another section of said'adjoining side wall ishinged so as to be foldable inwardly. The free edge of the said inwardlyfoldable section is adapted, when the casing is closed, to be locked orotherwise secured in abutting relation with the free edge of the fixedsection of the last-named side wall.

The bed-plate of the sewing machine frame is hingedly connected alongone longitudinal edge with the last named fixed section and can thus beswung into and out of the casing. When the machine is to be used, themachine is swung out of the casing and the sections are so folded thatthe second named of the two rigidly connected sections serves to supportthe longitudinal edge of the bed-plate opposite the hinged edge of thelatter, the inwardly foldable section being folded out of the Way intothe casing. A receptacle for holding accessories, etc., may be hingedlyconnected to the same fixed section as the bed-plate, the receptacle andbed-plate. closing the aperture in what is then the upper side wall ofthe casing resulting from the folding of the inwardly foldable section.

The lnvention is illustrated in the accompanymg drawings in which Figure1 is a rear perspective view of the casing with the sewing machineexposed. Fig. 2 is a perspective vlew showing the casing partly open.

The structure illustrated is constituted as a box-like casing, to oneside wall of which may be fitted an extdl nal handle 2.

The said side wall and an adjoining side wall are each formed ofsections or leaves, each of said side walls including a section 1 or 3rigidly fixed to the remaining walls. Hinged to the fixed section 1 soas to be foldable outwardly is the complemental section 1 of therelative side wall, rigidly connected with which in perpendicularrelation is the section of the adjoining side wall to the edge of whichsection 3 another so"- tion 3 is hinged so as to be foldable inwardly.The free edge of the section 3 is adapted, when the casing is closed, tobe locked or otherwise secured in abutting relation with the free edgeof the fixed section 3 The bed-plate at of the sewing machine frame ishingedly connected along one 1011- gitudlnal edge with the fixed section3 and can thus be swung into and out of the easing. When the machine isto be used, it is swung out of the casing and the sections are so foldedthat the section 3 serves to support the longitudinal edge of thebed-plate l opposite the hinged edge of the latter, the section 3 beingfolded out of the way into the casing. A receptacle 5 for holdingaccessories, etc, is hin edly connected to the section 3 the receptacle5 and bedplate l closing the aperture in what is then the upper sidewall of the casing resulting from the folding inward of the section 3 Byreference to the drawings it will be seen that the sewing machinebed-plate is adapted to replace the inwardly foldable section 3 so as tosupplement the sections 3 and 3 in providing a continuous table forsupporting the work, the top of the receptacle 5 constituting anextension of the bedplate for such purpose when the casing is ofsuitable dimension to accommodate the same.

Though the construction illustrated is particularly intended to be usedby Orientals accustomed to sew while sitting cross-legged on the floor,it is also of great utility to travelers and others employinghand-driven sewing machines in circumstances where it is convenient toemploy the same structure as a casing and as a stand or support.

The structure herein described is shown in its simplest form as areadily portable selfcontained unit adapted for a hand-driven sewingmachine; it will be understood, however, that, with suitablemodification, it may be adapted to form a component part of a cabinetfor use with a sewing machine otherwise driven.

What we claim is LA sewing machine cabinet comprising a casing having atleast one sectional wall comprising sections hingedly connectedtogether, one of said sections having a hinge connection to another wallof said casing, a sewing machine having a bed-plate hinged to saidcasing along one longitudinal edge in parallelism with the hingesconnecting said sections, said sections being foldable so as in oneposition to cover said sewing machine and in another position to presenta support for the other longitudinal edge of said bed-plate.

2. The combination of a casing including sectional walls and a sewingmachine having a bed-plate hinged atone edge to one section of one ofsaid walls, the sections of said walls being i'oldable to cover said machine when said machine is out of use and to support the opposite edgeof the bed-plate of said machine when said bed-plate is turned onitshinges to bring said machine into position for use; 7

3. The combination ofa casing of which two adjoining side walls areformed in sections, each of said side Walls including a rigid section,one of said Walls including a section hinged to and complemental to therelative rigid section, the other side wall including a section fixed tothe hinged section of said first named wall and a section hinged to saidfixed section, and a sewing machine havinga bed-plate hinged along oneedge tothe rigid section of said second named side wall. V a

4. The combination ofa casing including sectional walls anda sewingmachine having a bed-plate hinged to asection of one of said walls, thesections of said walls being foldable to cover said machine when out ofuse and one of said sections being hingedto an adjacent section andreplaceable by the sewing machine bed-plate when turned to bring saidmachine into position for use.

In testimony whereof we have signed our namcs to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses. V

ALBERT EDWARD LEE.

EDMUND GEORGE MILSTED.

lVitnesses:

KATE FOTHERINGHAM,

ISABEL RoLLo.

